Aid in biotechnology labs by testing, inspecting and analyzing results. Operate lab equipment and fix when broken.
Growth Projection: Growth
Median Salary: $40,210
Growth Projection: Growth
Median Salary: $46,340
Feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise and generally provide care to dogs, cats, race horses, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals or others.
Growth Projection: Extreme Growth
Median Salary: $22,010
Growth Projection: Extreme Growth
Median Salary: $26,080
Measure, track and improve the quality of forests — either for a government entity or on privately owned land.
Growth Projection: Decline
Median Salary:
Growth Projection: Growth
Median Salary: $30,640
Assist agricultural and food scientists in laboratories, processing plants, farms, ranches, greenhouses and offices.
Growth Projection: Growth
Median Salary: $41,970.00
Growth Projection: Growth
Median Salary: $39,920
Care for animals under their charge and help scientists, veterinarians and others with additional tasks.
Growth Projection: Extreme Growth
Median Salary: $24,960
Growth Projection: Extreme Growth
Median Salary: $29,930
Maintain and harvest crops, operate farm machinery and tend to livestock.
Growth Projection: Extreme Growth
Median Salary: $30,470
Growth Projection: Growth
Median Salary: $28,660
After 13 years in law enforcement, I was ready to change my profession to a role without on-call duties in the middle of the night.
I’ve always been passionate about agriculture. I grew up on my family’s fifth-generation ranch, where I learned the value of a handshake and satisfaction of a job well done. But it wasn’t until my senior year of college that I realized I wanted to dedicate my career to the industry. A policy internship with the National Sorghum Producers solidified my interest in contributing to the agriculture industry on a professional level.
Growing up, I could never decide what I wanted to do for a career. I had so many different interests and bounced around so many things — I couldn’t have guessed I’d be where I am today.
I was raised on a family farm in Protection, Kansas, and learned how to work with livestock from a very young age. With that experience, my passion for animal agriculture grew, and I always thought I would be a veterinarian.
In high school, I took any agricultural classes that I could. My favorite classes were animal sciences, agribusiness, biology and algebra. Some courses I wish I could have taken that weren’t offered were computer programming and business classes for sales and management. I also became involved in the National FFA Organization throughout that time.